Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer Global Upgrades, USA | Date 1992 | Amiga A500, A2000 | Interface Kickstart socket |
- Kickstart Switcher
- allows a simultaneous installation of two Kickstart versions
- two sockets, each for a single-chip ROM
- connects to the Kickstart ROM socket, the original Kickstart ROM chip is placed onto the board
- a wire has to be connected to pin 18 of the CPU (RESET signal)
- does not overlap the 68000 processor, allowing the installation of CPU boards - reported to work are ICD AdSpeed or CSA Mega-Midget Racer
- selection of kickstart by keyboard or mouse (electronic switch)
- built-in speaker indicates selected ROM (very early units from 1992 didn't feature a speaker)
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